Dashboard Description - Custom Property
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This extension enables you to set a dashboard description. The dashboard description is displayed when you hover over the info button in the dashboard title.
In the extension code you can find how to:
- Add a custom string property for a dashboard.
- Add a new item to the ToolBox. In this example, a new item is added to the dashboard menu.
- Create complex editors using templates. In this example, it is the widgets with the TextArea and Button widgets inside.
Tip
Examples on GitHub:
Every extension that provides a custom property can be divided to the following parts:
Model
The model is a CustomPropertyMetadata object that contains the property name, type, and the default value. It also specifies on which level the property is created (a dashboard, dashboard item or data item container). Use the Model.registerCustomProperty property to register the custom property definition.
var DashboardDescriptionExtension = (function() {
var Model = DevExpress.Dashboard.Model;
// 1. Model
var dashboardDescriptionProperty = {
ownerType: Model.Dashboard,
propertyName: "DashboardDescription",
defaultValue: "",
valueType: 'string'
};
Model.registerCustomProperty(dashboardDescriptionProperty);
return DashboardDescriptionExtension;
}());
Viewer
In this part, you modify the viewer according to the saved custom property value. You can use the client methods and events to change the displayed elements. To display a non-default icon for a new toolbar button, register the SVG icon in the resource manager (the registerIcon(icon) property). The icon is added by its ID from the definition (iconDescription).
var DashboardDescriptionExtension = (function() {
var svgIcon = '<svg version="1.1" id="iconDescription" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" x="0px" y="0px" viewBox="0 0 24 24" style="enable-background:new 0 0 24 24;" xml:space="preserve"><style type="text/css">.dx-dashboard-icon {fill:currentColor;}</style><path class="dx-dashboard-icon" d="M12,3c-5,0-9,4-9,9s4,9,9,9s9-4,9-9S17,3,12,3z M12,19c-3.9,0-7-3.1-7-7s3.1-7,7-7s7,3.1,7,7S15.9,19,12,19z M12,17L12,17c-0.6,0-1-0.4-1-1v-5c0-0.6,0.4-1,1-1l0,0c0.6,0,1,0.4,1,1v5C13,16.6,12.6,17,12,17zM12,9L12,9c-0.6,0-1-0.4-1-1l0,0c0-0.6,0.4-1,1-1l0,0c0.6,0,1,0.4,1,1l0,0C13,8.6,12.6,9,12,9z"/></svg>';
DevExpress.Dashboard.ResourceManager.registerIcon(svgIcon);
// 2. Viewer
function onDashboardTitleToolbarUpdated(args) {
var customProperties = args.dashboard.customProperties;
var description = customProperties.getValue(dashboardDescriptionProperty.propertyName);
if (description) {
args.options.actionItems.push({
type: "button",
icon: "iconDescription",
tooltip: description
});
}
};
return DashboardDescriptionExtension;
}());
Designer
This part contains designer settings. Add editors and control elements to configure and change the custom property’s values in the UI. This part is not required if you use the extension in Viewer mode or do not want to let users edit a custom property’s value. For this example, add a new menu item to the dashboard menu. Clicking on this item invokes the pop-up window where you can edit a description.
var DashboardDescriptionExtension = (function() {
var Model = DevExpress.Dashboard.Model;
var Designer = DevExpress.Dashboard.Designer;
// 3. Designer
// Generates a pop-up window.
function showPopup(dashboardControl) {
var div = document.createElement('div');
document.body.appendChild(div);
var dxForm = null
var popup = new DevExpress.ui.dxPopup(div, {
title: "Dashboard Description",
width: '400px',
height: '300px',
contentTemplate: (contentElement) => {
dxForm = new DevExpress.ui.dxForm(contentElement, {
labelLocation: "top",
formData: {
"description": dashboardControl.dashboard().customProperties.getValue(dashboardDescriptionProperty.propertyName)
},
items: [{
dataField: "description",
label: { visible: false },
editorType: "dxTextArea",
editorOptions: {
height: 150,
}
}]
})
},
onHidden: function (e) {
e.component.dispose();
document.body.removeChild(div);
},
toolbarItems: [{
widget: "dxButton",
toolbar: "bottom",
options: {
text: "Save",
onClick: function () {
var description = dxForm.option("formData")["description"];
dashboardControl.dashboard().customProperties.setValue(dashboardDescriptionProperty.propertyName, description);
var viewerApiExtension = dashboardControl.findExtension('viewerApi');
if (viewerApiExtension) {
viewerApiExtension.updateDashboardTitleToolbar();
}
popup.hide();
}
}
},
{
widget: "dxButton",
toolbar: "bottom",
options: {
text: "Close",
onClick: function () {
popup.hide();
}
}
}]
});
popup.show();
}
// Adds a new menu item.
function createMenuItem(dashboardControl) {
var menuItem = new Designer.DashboardMenuItem(name, "Description (Custom)", 9999, 68);
menuItem.disabled = ko.computed(function () { return !dashboardControl.dashboard() });
menuItem.click = function () { showPopup(dashboardControl) };
return menuItem;
}
return DashboardDescriptionExtension;
}());
Event Subscription
This part contains event subscriptions. In this example, it is the ViewerApiExtensionOptions.onDashboardTitleToolbarUpdated event.
var DashboardDescriptionExtension = (function() {
var Model = DevExpress.Dashboard.Model;
var Designer = DevExpress.Dashboard.Designer;
// 4. Event Subscription
function DashboardDescriptionExtension(dashboardControl) {
var menuItem = createMenuItem(dashboardControl)
this.name = "DashboardDescription",
this.start = function () {
var viewerApiExtension = dashboardControl.findExtension('viewerApi');
if (viewerApiExtension) {
viewerApiExtension.on('dashboardTitleToolbarUpdated', onDashboardTitleToolbarUpdated);
}
var toolboxExtension = dashboardControl.findExtension("toolbox");
if (toolboxExtension) {
toolboxExtension.menuItems.push(menuItem);
}
},
this.stop = function () {
var viewerApiExtension = dashboardControl.findExtension('viewerApi');
if (viewerApiExtension) {
viewerApiExtension.off('dashboardTitleToolbarUpdated', onDashboardTitleToolbarUpdated);
}
var toolboxExtension = dashboardControl.findExtension("toolbox");
if (toolboxExtension) {
toolboxExtension.menuItems.remove(menuItem);
}
}
}
return DashboardDescriptionExtension;
}());